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tonight on "nightline" -- was he just a mistress? did the relationship become sexual? or was she also the motive? this woman at the center of a murder mystery. just an innocent nanny caught between daughters accusing their father of murdering their mom? or something more sinister? ♪ ♪ >> jay-z has 99 problems. tonight a new one. ♪ from oprah winfrey to forest whitaker, celebrities coming forward as a phenomenon. why is jay-z the target of national outrage?
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>> celebrity at school, a packed gym, a guest appearance by a pop star. ♪ and you're going to hear me roar ♪ >> katy perry bringing the roar to a friday morning these kids will never forget. ♪ roar
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good evening. it is an epic family drama playing out in a courtroom in utah. the two daughters of martin mcneill are accusing him of murdering their mom. today the other woman took the stand. the big question here -- was gypsy willis just martin mcneill's mistress or was she the reason he allegedly killed his wife? here's abc's adidi roy with the
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latest in "crime and punishment" >> reporter: when she walked into the utah courthouse, gypsy willis was center of attention. >> miss willis, if you will come forward to the clerk's desk. >> reporter: and she didn't shrink from the cameras when it was team to take the stand. >> my name is gypsy willis. >> reporter: and give some of the most anticipated testimony of the martin mcneill trial coming face to face with the man she says was once her lover. >> how do you know the defendant? >> we were involved a number of years ago. >> in a relationship? >> yes. >> reporter: according to investigators the 37-year-old nurse prwas mcneill's mistress d the key reason that he killed his wife. >> she is a woman driven, driven in the wrong direction most of the time. i truly believe that she believed that she could control
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men by an aura about her. >> reporter: prosecutors claim mcneill overmedicated his wife while she was recovering from plastic surgery, surgery he insist she'd have. his goal to kill her and continue his affair with gypsy. defense attorneys say michele died of natural causes. >> how did you meet? >> we met online. >> reporter: a year and a half before michele's death. gypsy testified that over time, their relationship became more heated. >> did the relationship become sexual? >> it did. >> when was that? >> in january of 2006. >> how often were the two of you having sexual relations? >> we would see each other a couple times a month. >> just a month before michele's death she said martin was paying some of her expenses. it was a turning point in their relationship. >> in march 2007, you move into a duplex? >> correct. >> closer to the defendant?
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>> yes. >> who is paying for this? >> martin had a contract on that property. >> so he is paying for the housing there? >> yes. >> and did he give you a debit card to use for personal expenses? >> yes. >> they communicated frequently. according to the prosecution even exchanged calls on the day of michele's death and 15 texts on the day of her funeral. a funeral gypsy attended. >> i'm so sorry for your loss. >> where she and martin pretend to meet for the first time. >> my father said, oh, thank you. what's your name, i'm sorry? oh, she said my name is gillian. >> reporter: this was not the first time martin's daughters had heard of gypsy gillian willis. weeks before her mother's death, alexis said michele had been suspicious martin was having an affair so she asked her to do some late night investigating. >> while he was sleeping i went online and printed out all of
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his phone records. and we found a -- this number, that he had been calling a lot. >> reporter: a number being dialed day and night. alexis did an online search. >> it popped out, the name of the person. >> reporter: it was? >> gypsy gillian will is. and my mom is like who is this? we thought it was maybe some stripper or something. who is named gypsy. >> reporter: in 2011, she told elizabeth vargas, michele confronted martin about the woman named gypsy. >> what did he say? >> this was a nurse he worked with. she is actually going to be renting the property that they had leased. my mom said why have you called her at 3:00 in the morning, all these strange hours? oh, she works a night shift. my mom wasn't happy with his answers. she really didn't believe him. >> did she follow up?
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>> she, well, she died. >> then just a few weeks later mcneill hired gypsy as the new live-in nanny to take care of the youngest of his children. martin's daughters did not approve. i said, gypsy gillian willis. i know that woman. i know mom was worried you were having an affair with her. and you are not to bring her in the home. >> reporter: he hired her anyway. martin's daughters say gypsy paid little to no attention to the children. her focus was elsewhere. >> i expected her to be focused on the children. i expected her to -- to do things related to that. to, to cook, or clean or take care of the children. >> what did you see her doing? >> my dad was cooking. she was sitting there -- staring at my dad. it just was obvious that she, she is just goo eyes at my dad. >> martin's daughter bes became uncomfortable.
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>> she walked into the house like she owned the place. when i questioned my dad, what is going on, oh, she is a guesten oguest in our home. >> reporter: his daughters say martin made it clear given a choice between them and gypsy he told gypsy. >> i was told i needed to leave the home. i wasn't nice to gypsy. >> we were pushed out of the house. i didn't hatch shoes on. >> reporter: if gypsy wasn't a nanny who was she? according to her own family she was no angel. >> i would kid her to be a deceptive, malevolent, calculating person. they say gypsy used to enjoy killing animals and attacked her mother in an argument over a dog. >> she lunged forward, bit me. you could count every single tooth mark. >> reporter: martin was captivated by gypsy. traveling to wyoming to meet her family shortly after michele's death. >> he said i never loved michele. but i love gypsy. >> reporter: martin didn't stop there. in front of her whole family he
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pro pose to gypsy. >> he gave this speech how he loved her from the moment he saw her. knelt and proposed to her. gypsy cried. very fairy tale. in a bad way they were perfect. >> she believes together. her sister and martin are a dangerous combination. >> together i believe they're capable of killing michele. a pack of dogs. one dog alone, may be malicious. two dogs hunting are lethal. the pair embarked upon a cruel and illegal plot to send martin's 16-year-old adopted daughter back to ukraine, keep her there to steal her identity and give it to gypsy. >> they went in to court and changed the birthday. with her daughter in ukraine, the investigators say the pair gathered fake i.d.s over utah, using giselle avenue name. they've were caught and did time in federal prison. another piece of evidence that drove the daughters and investigators to suspect martin in the death of his wife.
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>> i don't know exactly what he did, but i do know he killed her. >> reporter: just one month after being released from jail, martin was arrested again. this time for murder. now, gipypsy is testifying for e prosecution and could be key to martin's fate. defense attorneys say she was martin's mistress and the affair wasn't a motive for murder. >> it was a very casual thing. whenever we had time. and it could be arranged. >> okay. >> and it was -- i think we probably had sex half the time. i mean some times it was just lunch. >> reporter: gypsy is expected on the stand tuesday giving more answers that could ultimately determine her former lover's future. for "nightline," adidi roy, los angeles. >> it is a riveting case. we'll continue to follow it here on "nightline." coming up next on the broadcast, why jay-z is facing outrage from some of his own fans. the uproar over retail racism. also, the radical new message
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jay-z is one of the coolest on the planet, tonight his fans are accusing hem of being part of something unquestionably cool. all part of a deal the rapper signed with a high end department store now accused of racism. jay-z find himself thrust into the national debate over
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something called shopping while black. the man who famously rapped about having 99 problems now has one more. jay-z husband to beyonce, father to blue ivy and global icon of cool facing tough questions about his deal with high end retailer barney's to design exclusive items that will go on sale next month. like this raincoat which will cost $675, this double gold ring, and this leatherback pack. meant to be an homage to new york by the man who come posed this city's anthem "empire state of mind ♪ >>. ♪ new york >> the deal became extremely controversial however this week after two young african-american shoppers came out to say they were racially profiled at barney's. >> very embarrassing. very. >> trayon christian, a college student says he bought a $350 belt with his debit card.
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after he left the store he says two undercover cops chased him down the street and handcuffed him. >> undercover cops, on the left side, had regular clothes on, stopped me. and i got a call from barney's saying your card is not real. they had me in the cell for an hour or two. just in there waiting, patiently waiting. after that an hour or two go past. i'm sorry your car was real. sorry for awful this. they let me go. >> christian is suing barney's. so potentially is a 21-year-old nursing student whose own brother is a new york city cop. she came forward the day after christian with a similar story. >> i was feeling helpless, demeaned, confused, hurt, embarrassed, humiliated. >> she says she used tax rebate money to buy the $2,300 bag at barney's and was stopped by the cops. she has a message for jay z. >> i know he will make the right choice. >> what is the right choice?
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>> to don't have any dealings with barney's. >> though jay z signed the deal before the incident came to light and 25% of sales go to his charitable foundation which gives scholarships to needy children he is facing pressure from friends, fans and fellow celebrities to bow out. one fan tweeting, will blue ivy be racially profiled when she purchases her first designer bag? another saying if jay z does a campaign with the racist store he is dirt mine book. today the new york city police clarified in cases like these they're called by the store and dupe n do not act independently. police officers responding to retailers in the city is an every day occurrence. >> barney's offered deepest apologies for the experience described in recent media reports. it insisted it has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination and has hired a civil rights expert to review its policies.
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but this is not a new problem in stores across america. it even has a name, shopping while black. >> there may be a presumption that young black men or young black women are somehow unable to afford, you know, we are either poor, or that we are unable to afford this, or that we shouldn't somehow want these things and even go into these places. >> just today in fact, actor robert brown who stars in hbo show, sued macy's saying she wa unlawfully searched by undercover detectives. macy's is investigating. other black celebrities made similar complaints. oprah winfrey spoke to et in august about an episode in an upscale store in switzerland. >> i was in zurich the other day at a store whose name i will not mention. i say to the woman, excuse me, may i see that bag right above your head? and she says to me, no.
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it's too expensive. now why did she do that? >> even president obama has talked about this. >> there are very few african-american men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. that includes me. >> the abc show "what would you do" tested this premise several years ago, casting actors to play the shopkeeper and the shopper. >> i don't need you any further in the store because i can't keep my eye on you. people look you come in and they take things. >> people like me. >> i think you know what i am talking about. >> would onlookers come to the aid of the shopper. many did not. however some did. >> do you know how embarrassing this is, why are you singling her out? >> worth pointing out. jay z who group in the housing projects in brooklyn has rapped about being racially profiled. check out the music video for his hit "99 problems." >> you know what i'm stopping
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you for ♪ >> whether you have billions or hundreds it seems like if you are black and you try to go to these stores then you might experience these problems. i think we could all relate to that. i have had those experiences. >> so what does jay z say about the barney's uproar. absolutely nothing. he is on tour in sweden tonight where he was reportedly asked by journalists about the barney's controversy and refused to comment. one of the people in his entourage was quoted as saying "jay z is not allowed to speak on this matter." >> a member of his entourage said jay z will address the issue when his new barney's collection launches next month. which would seem to indicate he is not dropping out of this deal. coming up next on the broadcast -- a happier pop culture story. what happens when katy perry shows up at a little high school in colorado -- answer, the kids go nuts. stick around. this you have to see.
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the theme of tonight's feed
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frenzy, things that don't seem to fit. and today, vegetables and halloween. imagine the reaction, if instead of handing out candy you gave kids broccoli and artichokes. it would probably look a lot like this. >> kind of good. kind of bad. >> be honest with me? >> it's bad. >> looking at a promotion for crest, making the case for brushing well instead of trying to trick your children out of their treats. exhibit b, comedian getting serious about politics. russell brand usually a funnyman in hollywood. here he is in arthur. >> that was no trouble! >> this week he is guest editor of a london political magazine, complete with an op-ed that states he has never voted. which led to this exchange on the bbc program news night. >> is it true you don't even vote? >> yeah, no, i don't vote. >> well how do you have any t t
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authority to talk about politics. >> i don't get my authority from a pre-existing paradigm that is narrow, serves a few people. i look elsewhere for alternatives that may be service to humanity. >> he cited a government that serves political and corporate elites but added he would vote if there was a "genuine alternative." brand however did not announce any plans to run for office personally. >> speaking of things that do not fit, brand apparently did not fit well with katy perry, remember they got divorced. but perry fit extremely well this morning, in a place you would not normally expect to find her in a little high school gym in colorado. it all went down live on "good morning america." ♪ i got the eye of the tiger fighter ♪ >> she celebrated her birthday with the high school, the winners of a lip-dub contest for roar. she picked the kids out for

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